Texas § PR.53.235 - OFFICIAL TO RETAIN FUNDS
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§ PR.53.235. OFFICIAL TO RETAIN FUNDS
OFFICIAL TO RETAIN FUNDS. A public official who receives the notice may not pay all of the money, bonds, or warrants due the contractor, but shall retain enough to pay the claim for which notice is given. Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3555, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.
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